Membership
When you become a member of OperaLex, you provide vital support for Central Kentucky’s vibrant opera scene and help educate the next generation of opera stars.
Membership Levels
Student or Senior
Member
$25
Supporting
Member
$100
Associate
Member
$50
OperaLex Members deepen their opera experience with exclusive benefits while providing the ongoing philanthropic resources to assure that our community has a thriving, professional-level opera company. Giving levels are designed to fit every budget.
- Member recognition in performance programs and on website
- Quarterly Bravo newsletter
- Invitation to Pre-Opera Interpretive Talks
- Notice of and Preferred Seating at Opera Preview Luncheons*
Partner
$250
- All Member level benefits plus:
- Advance notice of ticket sale and opportunity to pre-purchase seats
Advocate
$500
- All Member and Partner level benefits plus:
- Invitation to a dress rehearsal
Leadership Levels
Opera is expensive because it is spectacular. It includes all the arts: acting, singing, set design and symphony. OperaLex Patrons provide the leadership support to sustains our local opera company, the UK Opera Theatre, as one of the top five academic opera programs in the country.
Bronze
$1000
- All member level benefits plus:
- Bronze Patron level recognition in performance programs and on website
- Preferred seating at operas, Grand Night for Singing and Alltech Celebration of Song
Silver
$2,500
- All Member and Bronze Patron level benefits plus:
- Silver Patron level recognition in performance programs and on website
- Access to preferred parking
- Luncheon with the Artistic Director
- Invitation to a dress rehearsal with backstage tour and photos
Gold
$5,000
- All Member, Bronze and Silver Patron level benefits plus:
- Recognition in Artistic Director’s remarks at opera performances
- Gold Patron level recognition in performance programs and on website
General Director’s Circle
$10,000
- All Member, Bronze, Silverand Gold Patron level benefits plus:
- Annual Meeting with the Director
- Exclusive opportunities to travel with Director to see operas around the country**
- 45-minute in-home performance by faculty and staff
**Members are responsible for their own travel expenses and opera tickets
Members and Patrons may opt out of receiving all benefits at the time of enrollment.
All members are eligible to join OperaLex Volunteers, a dedicated group of active supporters who serve the needs of OperaLex in its support of the UK Opera Theatre.
OperaLex Members
As of September 21, 2023
Gold Members $5,000+ Stephen Webb
Silver Members $2,500+ Keith Key
Bronze Members $1,000+
Virginia Arnett
Harry Clarke Dr. Kay Collier McLaughlin
Jackie Dawson Ann Elizabeth Delahanty
Jeanie Dorton
George Foreman
Jan Furst G. Edward Henry
Barry and Kathleen Inabnet
Connie & Gary Jennings Elsbeth Johnson Dr. Julie Keeling Brown Raymond & Bobby Jackson Bonnie S. Mays
Frank Miller Lana & Pete Perlman
George & Nawanna Privett
Angela Rice
Karen Rice Sellers
Melissa Skaggs
Leslie Smart
Abby Vaughn
June Williams
Nancy Wrede
Advocate Members $500+
Mary Lynne and Eli Capilouto Linda Carey Yvonne Centers Mark Fritz Susan Gardner
Marilyn Hacker
Sandra Ireland
James & Betty Kenan Wolfgang Korsch Samuel C. Matheny, MD
John Paul & Judy Miller
Ginny and Mark Shanda
Michael & Trish Smith
Mary Anne Squires
Madison Stewart Jeffrey & Lynn Yelton
Partner Members $250+
Kathy & Glenn Blomquist
Anne E. Bolton
James R. Boyd Carol & Tracy Farmer
Tracy Forester
John Green
Roy E. Griggs
Rose Marie Hackett Doug Lewis & Di Sanchez
Harry & Connie Lockstadt
Allen and Heidi Platt
Calvin S Schneider Diane Vance Dale & Anne Wilson
Supporting Members $100+
Virginia & Ron Atwood
Garland & Donna Barr
Don Bayer
Ann Balton Bevins Patricia Birchfield Rob Bostrom
Patricia Bova Ed Brand & Leah Atkinson
Robert & Margaret Cadle
Penny Campbell
Jo & Deno Curris
Mark & Nancy Curtis
Dennis E. & Kim Doherty Dick & Barbara Domek Elvis and Geneva Donaldson
Diana Fowls
Joan B. Gaines Teresa Gevedon
Linda & Charles Gorton
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis C. Green
Anne & Bob Hackett
Phyllis R. Hasbrouck
Barbara Ison
Eleanor Kelly
Richard A. Kielar Suzanne & Edward Kifer
Charlotte Lakers
Anonymous
Carole L. Lee Mr. Stephan Locke
Carole Mailfald Jan Marshall
Sonja & Loys Mather Julie Mickler
Elizabeth E. Mills Jeanie Moore
Vicky Myers Allen Norvell Shelia O’Nan Nancy Olson Carroll Orr
Heike & Irwin Pickett
Suzanne R. Pucci & John Erickson
Maria G. Ransdell Shelby Reynolds
James W. Rodgers Betty Rossi
Caroline Ruschell
Jean Sabharwal Phyllis Scutchfield
Beverly Sparrow
Catherine Curry Staib
Kay Rucker Strohl
Audrey & Lee Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weant
Angene & Jack Wilson
Robert & Sue Wylie Fox
Isabel M. Yates
Associate Members $50+
Teresa Apel
Tom Baird Virginia Carter Francie Chassen-Lopez Ann McEndre Cheek
Julie Cron Becky Deaton
Mary Duke
Linda Gosnell Janet Holloway Ann Jones
Linda M. Kelly Ruth Lawton Salvatore Nalli
Jack R. Osman George Ragland Kate Savage
Victoria W. Shore
William A. Smith
Brenda and Mike Stanley Taylor Strickland
James Wheeler Janet Zusman & Ben Kaufmann
Student or Senior Members $25+
Susan Abbott-Jamieson
Betty Barton
Gary E. Boyler Anne Cameron
Doris Caspani Janet Collins-Becker
Eleanor T. Congleton
Bradford L Cowgill
Sylvia C. Davis
Ron Duell Jane Friedman Jim Hanna Judy Higgins Barbara Hulette Lezlei Kelly Kitty Koniali
Patricia Lawrence
Landra Lewis
Teresa Lynch
Carrie Marnhout
Mariana Marye
Mary Nell McGary
Aloka Mukherjee
Michael R. Nichols Dona Padgett Andrea Salazar-Pastor
Louise Shouse Anne Taul
Barbara K. Thompson
Lewis Wolfe Nancy Wills
Become A Member!
Membership in OperaLex supports the organization and the students, faculty and staff of the UK Opera Theatre program. Joining OperaLex brings benefits and privileges to its members in appreciation for their patronage and continuing interest.
